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1 remilgo
m.1 affectation.2 squeamishness.hacerle remilgos a algo to turn one's nose up at something3 mannerism, affected gesture.* * *1 (afectación) affectation2 (gazmoñería) prudishness, primness\andar con remilgos to make a fuss, be fussy* * *SM1) (=melindre) fussiness2) (=mojigatería) prudery, primness3) (=afectación) affectation* * *déjate de remilgos — don't be so fussy, don't be such a fusspot (colloq)
* * *= qualm, prudery, affectation.Ex. In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.Ex. The history of women's sports has been the history of the religiously, politically, and aesthetically regimented body, a history of prudery, and a history of sportswear.Ex. But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.----* no tener ningún remilgo en = have + no qualms about.* * *déjate de remilgos — don't be so fussy, don't be such a fusspot (colloq)
* * *= qualm, prudery, affectation.Ex: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
Ex: The history of women's sports has been the history of the religiously, politically, and aesthetically regimented body, a history of prudery, and a history of sportswear.Ex: But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.* no tener ningún remilgo en = have + no qualms about.* * *déjate de remilgos don't be so fussy o fastidious, don't be such a fusspot ( colloq)no te andes con tantos remilgos stop looking down your nose at everything ( colloq)* * *
remilgo m (escrúpulo) objection: ¿a qué vienen tantos remilgos?, what's the meaning of all this fuss?
le hizo muchos remilgos al trabajo, he turned his nose up at the job
no tengo ningún remilgo en preguntárselo, I have no qualms about asking her about it
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Spanish:
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English:
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* * *remilgo nm1. [afectación] affectation2. [escrúpulos] squeamishness;[con comida] fussiness;hacer remilgos a algo to turn one's nose up at sth* * *m:tener ohacer remilgos pl be fussy* * *remilgo nm: primness, affectation
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